Department of Computer Science and Engineering: An Introduction

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Department of Computer Science and
EngineeringAn Introduction
The end of computing is not numbers but
insight. Richard Hamming Later
but the end of computing is not in sight ...

• Oscar N. Garcia
• NCR Distinguished Professor and Chairman
• College of Engineering and Computer Science
• Wright State University

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Introduction

• An Introduction to the programs of the CSE
  Department
• Admission, Administration and Advising
• CS and CEG How are they alike? How are they
  different?
• An Overview of the Department
• Summary and Advice
• A Demonstration

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Admission to the College

• In general, when you come into WSU as a freshman,
  you are part of the University College which
  handles your advising and placement testing.
• There are two ways of being admitted to the
  College and to your program of preference
• You complete 45 QH, keep a 2.25 QPA average on
  all courses and in all CSE courses, C or better
  in all core courses (English, Math, Physics, CS)
• Your High School and SAT/ACT scores qualify you
  for Direct Admission to the College and program.

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CSE First Year in College
COECS Program
High School
University College
Direct Admit Route
Transfer Students
Most of the time you take a year of Computer
Science courses (CS240, 241,242), a year of
Calculus (MTH229, 230,231), Intro. to Engn. (EGR
190, 191), English and Gen. Ed. Courses, and
CEG255 for Computer Science majors or CEG 260 for
Computer Engineering Majors. THERE ARE HELP
ROOMS FOR MATH AND FOR INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
SCIENCE (RC308)
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Department Programs

• At the Undergraduate Level
• BS in Computer Science (CSAB Accredited)
• 320 Students
• Options CS, Business, Science, Bioinformatics
  TBA
• BS in Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited)
• 210 Students
• At the Graduate Level
• Master Degrees in Computer Science
• Master Degree in Computer Engineering
• PhD in Computer Science and Engineering

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The Computer Science and Engineering Department
Administration

• Departmental Administration Offices RC 303
• Oscar N. Garcia, NCR Dist. Prof. and Chair
• Jay DeJongh, Assistant Chair
• Dan Spiegel, Curriculum Advisor who helps you
  with your Program of Study (POS)
• Staff
• Paula Price, Senior Secretary
• Jennifer Limoli, Secretary
• Valerie Smith, Secretary

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Mentors and Curriculum Advisor

• Once you are admitted to the College of
  Engineering and Computer Science and to the CSE
  Department you are assigned a Mentor who is a
  faculty member in the Department on whom you can
  call for any non-program of study (POS) question.
• All POS questions are handled by Mr. Dan
• Spiegel by appointment in the Departmental
  office (RC303).
• A student-mentor list is posted across RC305

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CSE Department Faculty (could be your Mentors)

• Full Professors (3)
• Oscar Garcia (Chair), Philip Chen,Tom Sudkamp
• Associate Professors (9)
• Abdul Awwal, Soon Chung, Guozhu Dong, Ardeshir
  Goshtasby, Jack Jean, Prabhaker Mateti, T. K.
  Prasad, Francis Quek, Mateen Rizki,
• Assistant Professors (7)
• Wasfi Al-Khatib, Michael Cox, Travis Doom, John
  Gallagher, Michael Raymer, Ricardo Gutierrez, Bin
  Wang
• Instructors (4) and Lecturers(2)
• Stephen Carl, Michael Findler, Robert Rea, Ron
  Taylor, Karen Meyer, Dan Spiegel

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Computer Science or Computer Engineering?

• Computer Scientists are interested in the
  computer as a logical machine that enables
  symbolic manipulation through programming and
  data transformations and analysis.
• Computer Engineers are interested in the economic
  design, reliability, reparability, and use of the
  physical machine, but must know CS.
• Both are concerned with the social and economic
  impacts of computing and with keeping up-to-date
  via life-long learning.

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Brief Comparison between CS and CEG

• Total number of QHs CS 192 CEG 196
• Computer Science 8 CS 7 CEG courses
• Compute Engineering 5 CS 9 CEG
• CEG is somewhat related to EE and other
  engineering subjects in CS there is more
  flexibility in the electives and may even include
  a Business or Science option (or a Bioinformatics
  option in the near future.)

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Computer Engineering Program Overview

• In addition to the core courses
• CEG 402 Networks
• CEG 453 Computer System Design
• plus EE and ME courses such as
• ME 212-3 Statics and Dynamics
• EE 301-4 Circuit Analysis I and II and Labs
• EE 321-2 Linear Systems I and II
• EE 331-2 Electronic Devices and Lab
• and a few electives.

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Computer Science Program Overview

• In addition to the core courses
• CEG 255 Introd. to Computer Info. Systems
• CS 405 Introd. to Data Base Management Syst.
• CS 466 Introd. to Formal Languages
• CS 480 Comparative Languages
• plus a wider range of electives and options in
• Business, Science, or other concentrations, and
  in Bioinformatics in the near future.

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Computational Processes

• Most frequently have been visualized as

Output or Robotic Actuator
Data or Sensor Input
Processing or Logical Transformation
These processes have been classically considered
as carried out by hardware and software under the
control of operating systems that manage the
access and flow of the information.
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The new IT world distributed computation,
databases and networking
Databases
Logic Databases
Machine Reasoning
DataWarehousing
Datamining
Searching
Sofware
Hardware
Human-Computer Interaction
Web Programming
Parallelism
Video on Demand
WWW
Networking
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Teaching and Research Labs

• RC025 - Neural Dynamics and Control Laboratory
• RC112 - Optical Computing Laboratory
• RC152A - PC Computing Laboratory
• RC263 - Supercomputing Laboratory (SGI and NCR)
• RC304 - Intelligent Systems Laboratory
• RC315 - Hardware Projects Laboratory
• RC339 - Microprocessor Design Laboratory
• RC346 - PC Networking Laboratory
• RC347 - HCI Research Laboratory
• RC348 - Vision Interface and Systems Laboratory
• RC355 - Digital Design Laboratory
• RC357 - Computer Networks Laboratory
• RC407 - Adaptive Vision Laboratory
• RC429 - Operating Systems and Internet Security
• RC444 - Collaboration and Cognition Laboratory
• RC445 - Parallel Computing Laboratory
• RC446 - Software Engineering and Database
  Laboratory
• RC448 - Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence
  Lab.

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SGI Origin 2000 Supercomputer (32 R12000, 300MHz )
Control (fiber channel, I/O)
350 GB Disk Cabinet (Partially Hidden)
2x16 Processor Cabinets (12 GB RAM)
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New Hardware, New Projects NCR 4800 (2 nodes X 4
processors 500MHz P-III Xeon)
RAID5 Disk Array 200 GB
4 GB RAM
NT-based TOR 2.0 Database System
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SGI Onyx-2 Infinite Reality
In Room RC347 8 R10,000 Parallel Processors each
with 512 MB (4 GB total) connected to the Net as
ITRIOnyx
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We are strong in Research

• In FY2000 the department received 5.3M in
  research grants from different agencies.
• In FY1999 the WSU CSE department received more
  basic research grants and more per faculty
  dollars from NSF than any other public CS
  department in Ohio
• Advanced undergraduates participate in many of
  these research activities in their junior or
  senior years through REUs or Research Experiences
  for Undergraduates
• ITRI is closely associated with the Department.

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Areas of Research Interest

• Database and Knowledge-Based Systems
• Machine Intelligence, Intelligent Interfaces, and
  Neural Networks
• Hardware, Optical, and Network Systems
• Software Engn., Computer Graphics, and
  Visualization
• Parallel Computing and VLSI

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Selected Current Research Projects

• Human Computer Interaction Workbench
• FPGA Run-Time Reconfiguration
• OCARNet ATM Project
• Microphone Array Project
• MM Database Project
• Vision Project Stereo Tracking and 3-D Capture
  with Laser Range

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To integrate multiple modalities in
communications between humans and computers and
between humans.
Metallic
Wooden
Position and Motion Tracking using 8
Ascension Flock of Birds Sensors
Projection on two side-screens in control room
mode
Desktop Projection Area - On right Camera for
hand and face tracking
Rear Projection on Softboard and Vertical
Screen for 2 and 3-D
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Advice _at_ 0.00

• Start the Day with a Smile!
• Keep your priorities in line, w/o contradictions
• Every day make a list of what you will do every
  hour during that day
• If you need help NEITHER BE BASHFUL NOR WAIT TOO
  LONG TO ASK FOR IT!
• Live One Day at a Time
• Survive the This Year, the others will follow

Good luck!!!
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Summary

• The Computer Science and Engineering Department
  at WSU is one of the leading (if not the leading)
  departments in the field in Ohio
• We are also a department that cares for its
  undergraduates, but the initiative to contact
  Mentors, the Curriculum Advisor and Help Rooms
  must rest with the student.
• Your department faculty and administration are
  willing and able to listen to anything you have
  to say anytime and help you if you ask.